Suite (music)
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A suite, in Western classical music, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes; and grew in scope so that
Gavotte from J.S. Bach's French Suite No. 5
Allemande.
Gavotte.
The Planets
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The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus.
Suite (music)
…film (Lieutenant Kije Suite) or video game (Motoaki Takenouchi's 1994 suite to the Shining series), or entirely original movements (Holberg Suite, The Planets). Estienne du Tertre published suyttes de bransles in 1557, giving the first general use of the term "suite" 'suyttes' in music, although the usual…
Holst's copy of the first edition
Holst c. 1921
Adrian Boult, "who first caused the Planets to shine in public"
The planet